Residual recipient right atrial tissue responsive to atropine 10 years following 'bi-caval' orthotopic heart-lung transplantation. (49/265)

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FDG-PET and MIBI-Tc SPECT as follow-up tools in a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis requiring a pacemaker. (50/265)

A 63-year-old man presented with recent-onset symptoms secondary to third-degree atrio-ventricular block, for which a dual-chamber pacemaker was inserted. Additional investigations resulted in the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis. FDG-PET and MIBI-technetium SPECT were used as follow-up tools for monitoring active granulomatous myocardial infiltration.  (+info)

Spontaneous and simultaneous multivessel coronary spasm causing multisite myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, atrioventricular block, and ventricular fibrillation. (51/265)

A 57-year-old Taiwanese man with a past history of variant angina developed simultaneous anterior and inferior myocardial infarction, atrioventricular block, cardiogenic shock, and eventually ventricular fibrillation. Left coronary angiography revealed simultaneous occlusion of the left anterior descending and the left circumflex coronary arteries, which was relieved by intracoronary administration of isosorbide dinitrate. This is the first report of such a case in the English-language medical literature.  (+info)

Increased stimulation threshold in a patient with autoimmune disease: successful management with oral prednisolone and azathioprine. (52/265)

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Novel method of predicting the optimal atrioventricular delay in patients with complete AV block, normal left ventricular function and an implanted DDD pacemaker. (53/265)

BACKGROUND: The optimal atrioventricular (AV) delay setting is important for achieving optimal AV synchrony in patients with an implanted DDD pacemaker. Using pulsed Doppler echocardiography is the most common method of predicting the optimal AV delay, but it is a complicated and time-consuming method. Therefore, an automatic optimizing function of the AV delay at different atrial rates is desirable for achieving a favorable hemodynamic state. This study aimed to predict the optimal AV delay using phonocardiography. METHODS AND RESULTS: The amplitude of the first heart sound (S1) recorded on the phonocardiogram was measured with different AV delays in 6 patents with complete AV block, normal left ventricular function and an implanted DDD pacemaker. The correlation between the amplitude of S1 and the length of the AV delay was a cubic curve (y=974.15x(3)-23.084x(2)-8.0074x+0.7495, R2=0.9511). The length of the AV delay at the inflection point of the curve showed a significant positive correlation with the optimal AV delay determined by pulsed Doppler echocardiography (R=0.9254, P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated a novel simple method of predicting the optimal AV delay using phono-cardiography.  (+info)

Right ventricular apex pacing: is it obsolete? (54/265)

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Early diagnosis and treatment of atrioventricular block in the fetus exposed to maternal anti-SSA/Ro-SSB/La antibodies: a prospective, observational, fetal kinetocardiogram-based study. (55/265)

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Anatomical reasons for the discrepancies in atrioventricular block after inferior myocardial infarction with and without right ventricular involvement. (56/265)

The incidence of arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction of the inferior wall varies with the affected segment and increases when there is right ventricular involvement. This paper provides a clear review of the blood supply to the conduction system and gives an anatomic explanation of that supply.We dissected 20 human hearts after anterograde and retrograde injection of latex. In every heart, we dissected the conduction system and its blood supply. Retrograde perfusion enabled proper injection of the atrial vessels that originate at the beginning of the coronary trunks.We describe the 4 main arteries that supply blood to the conduction system. The classic concept included the atrioventricular node artery and the 1st septal artery. To that we add Kugel's artery and the right superior descending artery.The incidence of arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction of the inferior wall is greater when the occlusion of the coronary trunk is at or near the origin. This is due to the existence of the right superior descending artery, which is given off by the right coronary trunk less than 1 cm from the origin. The arrhythmias caused by the occlusion of the circumflex artery are due to the existence of Kugel's artery, which displays a peculiar anastomotic pattern.  (+info)